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Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could shut the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we before it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I to get the gat? No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get deep down inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy ever wanted was All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said What they Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his side that did not know These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running with the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would come home To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other